Remembering Csikszentmihalyi 3: Csikszentmihalyi‘s Grad Students On The Life, Legacy & Impact Of The Founder of Flow Research | Flow Research Collective Radio

TODAY´S EPISODE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE FLOW RESEARCH COLLECTIVE Are you an entrepreneur, a leader, or a knowledge worker, who wants to harness the power of flow so you can get more done in less time with greater ease and accomplish your boldest professional goals faster? If you´ve answered this question with “hell yes” then our peak-performance training Zero to Dangerous may be a good fit for you. If this sounds of interest to you all you need to do is go to getmoreflow.com right now, pop in your application and one of our team members will be in touch with you very soon.  --- "While he [Mihaly] was, first of all, the most generous person you can imagine, he was just kind, just an amazingly kind person, who was an excellent listener, but could be pointed and directive when he was asking you questions. He had this amazing artistic sense. He was just a special human being." ~ Barbara Schneider ABOUT THE GUEST: Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D., is a cognitive scientist and humanistic psychologist exploring the mind, creativity, and the depths of human potential. He is the founder and director of the Center for the Science of Human Potential and is an Honorary Principal Fellow at the University of Melbourne’s Centre for Wellbeing Science.  He is the author/editor of 9 books, including Transcend: The New Science of Self-Actualization, and is the host of the #1 psychology podcast in the world— The Psychology Podcast— which has received over 20 million downloads.  Dr. Kaufman received a Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from Yale University and has taught courses on intelligence, cognitive science, creativity, and well-being at Columbia University, Yale, NYU, the University of Pennsylvania, and elsewhere.  In 2015, he was named one of “50 groundbreaking scientists who are changing the way we see the world” by Business Insider. Barbara Schneider Barbara Schneider is the John A. Hannah University Distinguished Professor in the College of Education and the Department of Sociology. She uses a sociological lens to understand societal conditions and interpersonal interactions that create norms and values for enhancing human and social capital. Her research focuses on how the social contexts of schools and families influence the academic and social well-being of adolescents as they move into adulthood. In her career, Schneider has also played a significant role in the development of research methods for the real-time measurement of learning experiences. She is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the National Academy of Education, the American Educational Research Association (AERA), and, most recently, was elected to the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters. In 2017, she received an Honorary Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Helsinki. Schneider is the principal investigator of the College Ambition Program (CAP), a study that tests a model for promoting a STEM college-going culture in high schools that encourages adolescents to pursue STEM majors in college and in their careers. She is also the principal investigator of Crafting Engagement in Science Environments, an international high school study that tests the impact of Project-Based Learning on student academic, social and emotional factors in science classes. Professor Schneider has published 19 books and more than 100 articles and reports on family, social contexts of schooling, and sociology of knowledge. Her latest book published in 2020, Learning Science-The Value of Crafting Engagement in Science Environments, published by Yale University Press, is being translated and published in China by Educational Science Publishing House Limited. Dr. Christine Danson Dr. Danson earned her PhD in Positive Developmental Psychology from Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, CA (2017). Her areas of interests include lifespan development and positive contexts for thriving, parenting and family as positive